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COMPLEXITY FEST announces SIKTH, CARNIFEX, JOHN FRUM and more

Dutch heavy music festival Complexity Fest have announced SikTh, Carnifex, Three Trapped Tigers, God Mother, Ulsect (Including members of Textures and Dodecahedron) and finally John Frum (supergroup made up of members from The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Faceless, John Zor) Many more acts are still yet to be announced. The dates of the festival are Friday 23 and Saturday 24 February 2018 and more information and tickets can be found […]

Bloodstock announces 2018 Metal 2 The Masses Programme!

The hugely popular Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses is back for 2018! The competition gives DIY and unsigned bands the opportunity to appear on the bill of the infamous Bloodstock festival! Detailed below are the participating UK regions (there’s more to come in Europe) – so if you’re in a self-signed or unsigned band and […]

Might As Well Fest 3 reveal final line up

The final lineup has been revealed for Might As Well Fest III! Held at Old Blue Last and The Macbeth in London, the amazing Kamikaze Girls will be joined by an impressive lineup including Better Than Never, Sweet Little Machine, Eat Defeat, Almeida, You Know The Drill, Don Blake, Sombulance, Harker, The Sour Taste, The Mixtape Saints, The Burnt Tapes, MAYPINE, Lay It […]

Judas Priest to headline Bloodstock 2018!

*Festival announcement klaxon* Following the announcement of Gojira and Nightwish headlining the Saturday and Sunday dates of Bloodstock 2018 respectively, the festival has announced their third and final headliner for the Friday night is the one and only Judas Priest! The metal legends will be making their Bloodstock debut and they say; “JUDAS PRIEST are thrilled, honoured and primed, […]

Full Holloween line-up revealed!

The full line-up for Holloween has been revealed! The inaugural one-day festival is set to be held at Southampton’s Talking Heads on Friday October 27! Joining curators and headliners Our Hollow, Our Home on the bill are Japanese metalcorers Crystal Lake who are set to play their first ever UK show, up and coming Welsh based post-hardcorers Holding […]

Russian Circles @ Arctangent 2017

Reading Festival; My experience

Having wanted to go to Reading Festival since I was about 12 years old, I am very, very happy to say that I have been for the last two years, and this year will be my third. Although, admittedly, the line-up is nowhere near as good as it used to be, I still believe it’s […]

Our Hollow Our Home announce first Holloween supports!

Our Hollow Our Home‘s first Holloween festival has announced the first of the supports for the night! Joining the aforementioned band, who are set to headline and play breathtaking album Hartsick in full for the first time, are Shields and I, The Mapmaker! The one-day festival is set to take place on Friday October 27 […]

Bloodstock reveal two 2018 headliners!

Bloodstock 2017 has just finished, however we already have news of two headliners for 2018 and they are huge! Taking place between August 9-12 2018 at Catton Park, the weekend will be headlined by Gojira and Nightwish! This weekend’s festival was their most successful to date and the first to completely sell out and with […]

WSTR @ Fat Lip Fest

Montroze @ Fat Lip Fest

ArcTanGent Festival preview

We’re a matter of days away from this years ATG festival and what a weekend it is going to be. In it’s fifth year the festival have pulled out all the stops and it’s line up is enviable. So who should you check out? We’ve put together our list of the bands you shouldn’t miss. […]

Queen Zee & The Sasstones announce Reading & Leeds appearances & new video!

Liverpudlian rockers Queen Zee & The Sasstones have been announced to play at Reading & Leeds festivals! To celebrate, the band have revealed the video for new single Boy, taken from their forthcoming EP Eat My Sass (September 22). Queen Zee says of the announcement and single; “We’re very happy to be bringing a bit […]

Blood Youth @ Fat Lip Fest

Emp!re @ Fat Lip Fest

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